Hisn al-Muslim 53
((إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرَاً مِنْهَا)).
Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon. Allaahumma'jurnee fee museebatee, wa akhlif lee khayran minhaa
Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it with something better.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 53
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Two facts are stated before anything is asked, and both concern belonging: that we belong to Allah, and that to Him we return. Only afterwards do the requests come, and there are two. The first asks for reward in the affliction itself, treating what has happened as something that earns. The second asks for replacement, and the replacement is qualified — not merely something else, but something better.
The chapter places these words at the moment tragedy strikes.
Nothing here asks for the affliction to be undone. One request finds worth in it as it stands, and the other looks past it to whatever comes next.
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Translated, it says: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it with something better.” Two facts are stated before anything is asked, and both concern belonging: that we belong to Allah, and that to Him we return.
Read without Arabic letters it is: “Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raaji'oon. Allaahumma'jurnee fee museebatee, wa akhlif lee khayran minhaa”
The chapter places these words at the moment tragedy strikes. Nothing here asks for the affliction to be undone.
Carried in our data as Hisn al-Muslim 53:154.